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<\/a><\/p>\nOn Monday Mrs McMurdo explained to us that all over the USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u00a0on Wednesday 15th January, children will be celebrating this special day. \u00a0In 1964 King received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end racial prejudice in the United States. \u00a0The US Government brought in laws to ensure equal rights for all US citizens and to give everybody the chance to vote. \u00a0It is because of Martin Luther King, and others like him, that people in the United States have equal rights today.<\/p>\n
Mrs McMurdo carried out a sketch where she gave the children with blue eyes the opportunity to vote. \u00a0The audience quite rightly pointed out that this was not fair. \u00a0We were then able to discuss that in order to demonstrate EQUALITY, Mrs McMurdo should have given all the children taking part the same opportunities.<\/p>\n Through this assembly the children were made aware of ARTICLE 1 (Everyone under the age of 18 has all the rights of the Convention on the Rights of the Child) and ARTICLE 7 (The Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to everyone without exception against all forms of discrimination) from the UN Convention on the Rights ofnthe Child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Monday Mrs McMurdo explained to us that all over the USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u00a0on Wednesday 15th January, children will be celebrating this special day. \u00a0In 1964 King received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end racial prejudice in the United States. \u00a0The US Government brought in laws to ensure equal rights for all … Continue reading Martin Luther King Day<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n